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Process · Payroll cycle

Payroll cycle

Run review begins with the correct calendar and ends with a trace from the period total to each employee statement and any related filing. Keep the human approval separate from preparation.

Step by step

  1. Choose calendar Payroll Admin

    Payroll Admin selects the legal entity, currency, frequency and period dates, then checks the cutoff. An off-cycle run follows the agreed override path.

    • Fix entity, dates, currency and cutoff
    • Updates Payroll calendars, Payroll runs
  2. Check inputs Payroll Admin

    Compare employee salary, approved time, leave and benefit contributions for the period.

    • Confirm the period's employee context
    • Updates Employees, Timesheets, Benefit enrollments
  3. Review statements Payroll Admin

    Inspect gross, deductions, net and the underlying statement lines.

    • Explain employee gross and net pay
    • Updates Pay statements, Pay statement lines
  4. Approve run Admin

    The assigned reviewer checks totals and exceptions before authorizing the run.

    • Record the run decision
    • Updates Payroll runs
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  5. Record outcomes Payroll Admin

    Payroll Admin records posting, confirmed payment and the filing result as separate steps.

    • Preserve posting, payment and filing states
    • Updates Payroll runs, Tax filings
Payroll Admin
Prepares and reconciles payroll; Admin records the approval decision and maintains reference data; CHRO / VP People oversees totals.

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